Philip Lee studied modern languages at the University of Warwick (Coventry) and conducting and piano at the Royal Academy of Music, London. Since 1975 he has been on the staff of the World Association for Christian Communication, where he is currently General Secretary and editor of the international journal Media Development. His publications include The Democratisation of Communication (ed.) (1995), Requiem: Here's Another Fine Mass You've Gotten Me Into (2001), Many Voices, One Vision: The Right to Communicate in Practice (ed.) (2004), Communicating Peace: Entertaining Angels Unawares (ed.) (2008). In 2013, he was awarded Doctor of Theology honoris causa by the Academy of Ecumenical Indian Theology and Church Administration, Chennai, India.
General Secretary of WACC
Country of origin
Canada
Articles
The Berlin Film Festival celebrated its 60th birthday in style with a poster listing the titles of 15,477 films shown so far, a photographic exhibition entitled ‘Star Parade’, and an art installation of recycled festival billboards, film footage, and other materials called ‘The Curtain’ preceding an open-air screening at the Brandenburg Gate of Fritz Lang’s fully restored 1927 masterpiece 'Metropolis'.
Festivals
Current issues
An interreligious jury has chosen the film "Orphan" by László Nemes as winner of the Interfaith Award at the Hungarian Film Week 2026.
List of awards given by ecumenical or INTERFILM juries (international festival awards), or by national church institutions.
Events
16.02.2025
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